The Breakfast Tables at Haley House in Roxbury
Every Friday morning at Haley House Bakery Cafe in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, something quietly radical happens. Volunteers who spent the previous evening in prayer groups...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
Every Friday morning at Haley House Bakery Cafe in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, something quietly radical happens. Volunteers who spent the previous evening in prayer groups and Bible studies show up at five a. m. to knead bread dough, crack eggs, and set tables with actual ceramic plates — not paper, not Styrofoam — for neighbors who are homeless, recently incarcerated, or battling addiction.…
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